Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 48397

Business: Sustainable Development

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Named Day

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on (a) Northern Ireland, (b) UK firms trading with the EU and (c) levels of di

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
Responsibility for assessing the impact of EU legislation ultimately lies with the European Commission, who have published their own impact assessment of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).CSDDD will apply to UK companies generat...

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